Ecologists, educators, and writers collaborate with the public to assess backyard diversity in the School of Ants Project

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Lucky, Andrea ^a,b   Savage, Amy M ^b   Nichols, Lauren M ^b   Castracani, Cristina ^c   Shell, Leonora ^b   Grasso, Donato A ^c   Mori, Alessandra ^c   Dunn, Robert R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ants; Citizen science; Distribution; Diversity; Public participation in scientific research; Urban ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905233273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00364.1     Document Type: Article

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